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Metroliner Cab car

The ex-metroliner cab car is a NPCU (non-powered control unit) cab car made from the Budd Metroliner Electric multiple unit, when Amtrak inherited the metroliners from penn central when it started in May 1st 1971, during their run they were proven to be mechanically very unreliable, Since The trainsets were, except for the propulsion systems, a near-identical match to the Amfleet coaches were converted (29 of them) into NPCU cab cars. While the rest either converted into geometry cars, work trains, DOT Trains or scrapped. The fleet numbers for them are 9630–9652, 9709, 9822, 9825–9828. And primary used on the keystone, valley flyer and Hartford lines. They along with the amfleet coaches will be replaced by Siemens venture/airo trainsets in the early 2030s
One day on the Amtrak Keystone train to New York, I realized this would be one of the last times I’d experience the Metroliner cab car before the Siemens Venture trainsets took over. A group of girls boarded a few rows behind me, their laughter cutting through the train’s hum. One girl stood out: a VSCO girl with an oversized scrunchie, high-waisted shorts, and of course, her bright Pink hydroflask

As she fumbled with her drink, the sounds of “sksksks” filled the air, followed by an exaggerated “and I oop!” I glanced back, and saw her filming a TikTok while her friends dropped their flasks. Just when I thought it couldn’t get any more chaotic, she caught my eye and shot me a bright smile. “Do you want to be in it?” she called, her voice bursting with energy.

“Sure, why not?” I replied, feeling my annoyance fade. Maybe this was the future of train travel: a mix of the old and the new, blending memories with modern trends.

As I joined their TikTok, we struck silly poses, and I found myself laughing at the absurdity of it all. For a moment, we were just kids having fun on a train, capturing a fleeting memory. Despite their vibrant energy being so different from my past train rides, I realized that change could be okay. I might miss the Metroliner cab car, but this unexpected adventure would stick with me long after the trains had changed.
by EMD F59PHI November 9, 2024
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mini-cabbed

When a friend offers you a list and you jump in the back seat leaving the passenger seat vacant. Hence making it look like a taxi. Comments like.... can you put the AC on? and have you been working long? are actively encouraged.
Matt and I got a lift to the airport from Ryan the other day and we absolutely mini-cabbed him!
by craster December 11, 2015
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Take a cab

Did u take a cab to get here?
by HannR January 21, 2023
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CAB

Your so CAB
by Loooooooop November 7, 2020
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Taxi Cab Theory

Men are like a taxi. In theory, If their light is on they will let someone in. If the light is off they will not.

If a man is ready for a relationship subconsciously he will get a girlfriend. If he is not, he will not.
Travis Scott left Kylie Jenner after years, but married Jojo Siwa. This is the taxi cab theory.
by yougboxb April 15, 2024
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Club CAB

Generally, an awesome place to party, and a better place to live. If you leave Club CAB sober, you did it wrong.
Have you been to Club CAB? Hell yeah, It was CRAZY!
by Branthadace March 19, 2011
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Cab Slag

A girl who goes with a culchie in his tractor and does some saucy things with him in the cab. Or it can just be when she sits with him in the tractor while he works.
“Ava spent her Saturday in Rory’s tractor, she’s such a cab slag.”
by jackobrien January 21, 2024
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